#shadowshots

[commander-gloryforge]

some characters i dont post so much :)

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I can finally easily put my dating cats and rats together!

Umbra Shadowshot and Xeonna the Lost

Silas Dreadpyre and Necrologist Ahlma

[brighan]

Another commission for @threadedcanes (Twitter) of her hunter Damian!

I got this frame from the new Trigun anime stuck in my brain, so I am glad I could use this as an excuse to use it for inspiration! I really had fun with this pose.

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[epsilonhybrid]

would anyone be interested in doing the encore: overture exotic mission with me :D ? im having a hard time solo :P

anyones welcome !! no toxicity !! just dm me and we can schedule something out :)

EDIT: a pair of absolute legends helped me through and i got it done right away thank u so much to everyone who commeted ^_^ !!!

if someone needs help with the mission or any other activity feel free to dm me id love to help :D i might need to get dual destiny done soon !!

[ratasum]

So it turns out I have more than I thought!

Row 1: Oaklinna (Guardian), Deshauna (Revenant), Liath (Warrior)

Row 2: Xeonna (Guardian), Umbra (Revenant), Rhiia (Revenant)

Row 3: Laxzzi (Guardian), Ktokka (Warrior), Butch (Warrior)

Row 4: Iialli (Warrior), Elektra (Guardian), Suulea (Revenant)

Row 4: Ouiima (Warrior), Praxxi (Guardian)

Gw2 community. I am calling forth all my heavy armor mains (or simply enjoyers) and asking you to show me your guardian, warrior and revenant looks.

This is for science. Gender/race are irrelevant!

Signed, a heavy armor main

[ollie-jpg]

d2 servers are back up maintenance is done i’m about to waste my entire day

[sonichedgeblog]

Screenshots of 'Shadow Shoot', a game released as part of the 'Sonic Cafe' series in Japan. It was released for the Foma 90X mobile phones. Soruce: https://web.archive.org/web/20071028074147/http://www.sonicteam.com/cafe/shadowshot/index.html Support us on Patreon

[commander-gloryforge]

home :)

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Happily!

Here's my ancient, godawful, cranky old woman Liath Slaughterclaw.

My wacky "I see and hear and talk to dead people" gladium gal Umbra Shadowshot.

Pro puncher and legionnaire of the Fist warband, Butch Crushfist.

Angry daughter of a Flame Legion escapee, Agaue Whiptail.

And Liath's youngest cub, runt and tinkerer Avitus Softbow!

Use this post to show off your charr characters! Legion, Olmakhan, or otherwise!

[ratasum]

Pride Month Showcase - Umbra Shadowshot

A gladium who wandered as a lone mercenary for a while after losing her warband to the betrayal of her legionnaire, Umbra Shadowshot is what may best be described as a perky goth. Despite her appearance and her necromancy and her ability to hear, see, and speak with the dead, she's energetic and outgoing. Since joining up with Rosie and Ginny in Heart of Thorns, she's become an immovable part of the team and a source of support for the mysterious Rata Novus survivor Xeonna. Umbra is a lesbian!

[abidethetempest]

settling an argument with my Titan friend bc i said Nova Bomb is the best super bc it looks like the purple tower ball and this HEATHEN said Ward of Dawn was a better purple ball

[tone-chan]

Eh, might as well do a post on my Guardians, in case anyone's interested. Prepare for a Long Read.

Zenith-5:

(You will never see his face)

Risen at night somewhere in a desert, Zenith is a Nightstalker, and a very dangerous one at that, as his connection to the Void is incredibly strong. He doesn't talk, not because he can't but because he doesn't like to--it takes too long and feels taxing. The most you'll get out of him is a quiet grunt or, if on a mission where communication is necessary, short stinted answers that convey exactly what needs to be said.

Because of his stoic personality, he comes across as cold, calculating, uncaring, and even murderous. Despite this, he's a great teammate and will never leave a member of his fireteam behind. People are often glad they chose to trust him.

While he doesn't like socializing with people, he has a deep appreciation and love for nature. He regularly meditates deep in the Wilds and has a pet War Beast named Fenrir, who is forever loyal to him. If you ever discover him while he's meditating, which you won't because he makes it a point not to be found, you'll find him surrounded by wildlife, as animals feel protected around him.

His main weapon of choice is Quickfang, which he can split into Spectral Blades if he's not using Shadowshot. He utilizes invisibility on a constant basis to avoid being found.

His Ghost's name is Zephyr and she's the complete opposite of him. She's very talkative, outgoing and cheerful; the equivalent of a ray of sunshine, and her shell matches her personality. From a distance, she appears as a small, dazzling, diamond that sparkles brilliantly in the sun.

She and Zenith share a psionic connection and communicate through their thoughts, hence why Zenith doesn't like to physically speak. If you want to talk to him, you'll more than likely be speaking to Zephyr.

She views Zenith as her Son™ and will defend him no matter what. He is her Guardian.

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Lazarus:

Lazarus was risen on the mountain underneath the Traveler's shard sometime within the last 10 years.

He's a friendly individual, but he’s shy and probably the biggest pushover you'll ever meet. He doesn't speak up for himself and will often sit on the sidelines, doing whatever his Ghost tells him to do. He's a sad and lonely puppy, but he won't reach out to anyone, both because he's afraid to and because Ire won't let him.

As a New Light, he had trouble harnessing the Light for a very long time and the stormy relationship with his Ghost, Ire, made it even harder. It wasn't until he was struck by lightning from the Traveler's shard while he was visiting his place of resurrection that he was able to successfully activate and use Arc.

Since then, he's become an amazing Arcstrider, Gunslinger, and Revenant. He's also excellent with a Skimmer; he was a snowboarder in his previous life and that skill followed him into his Guardian life.

Ire is as bossy as they come and he's one of the very few Ghosts who don't like their Guardian. In fact, Ire hates Lazarus because he isn't anything like Ire hoped he'd be. He wanted a strong Guardian that could handle whatever was thrown at them, not...whatever this sopping wet pup of a human is.

He has contemplated leaving Lazarus altogether to search for someone new because Traveler help him, he cannot believe a Guardian would be as scared of death as this brat is.

Because of his disdain, Ire pushes Lazarus to train hard all day every day, sometimes to the point that he faints from exhaustion, all in the hopes that he can turn into something great. But, Ire is so blinded by his own anger that he doesn't even realize that Lazarus is already an incredible Guardian. (Feel free to smack the shit out of him if you want, Traveler knows I fuckin' would.)

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Derecho-2:

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If there were a person that could personify the word "himbo," Derecho is it.

He was risen in one of Clovis Bray's labs on Europa during the battle of Twilight Gap and he made his way to Earth to help after his Ghost urged him on. Despite being a newly risen Guardian, Derecho harnessed his Solar Light and joined in the fray.

He's a Sunbreaker Titan Exo and an excellent strategist. Some people always seem taken aback by his intelligence because they associate Titans with stupidity, but he’ll forgive them for it.

Alongside that, he just so happens to be the biggest flirt among the Crucible jocks. He's not above promiscuity and loves to have fun with everyone. But, even though he sleeps around a lot, he genuinely likes and cares for all of his partners--they're not objects to him. If they want to be exclusive with him, all they have to do is say the word and he’s theirs.

You'll know he's definitely interested in you if he starts calling you cutesy names in Spanish. And he’ll straight up tell you.

Besides being flirty, Derecho is also a very warm and caring person, willing to help you with anything at all. If you need a place to stay, you can have his bed--or share it, if that's what you'd prefer~

Out in the field, this Titan is a fiery force to be reckoned with. While his name points to him being an Arc user, he calls himself a Solar Storm. He loves creating fire tornados and throwing his huge hammer around. He’s a helpful teammate and will get you out of any situation.

Derecho's warmth is complimented by his Ghost, Cielo's, cooler personality.

Cielo is a little more of an introvert and prefers to stay in his Guardian's apartment watching crime dramas, cartoons, or talk shows. Whenever he does venture out with Derecho, he tends to just...not speak unless spoken to.

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Apache(his name could change at some point):

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Apache is a quiet Awoken Shadebinder Warlock that was risen somewhere in the Reef. After making his way to Earth, he discovered that he enjoyed running the Crucible and settled in with Derecho’s crew of Crucible jocks. He ended up dating a Titan named Chinook, but the two didn’t last very long and decided to stay friends.

When he’s not in the Crucible, Apache is out in the City enjoying a cup of tea and reading ancient poetry or plays from the Golden Age.

As mentioned, he’s quiet but not silent. While he prefers to be given orders, he’s not below giving them if the situation calls for it. Afterall, even Derecho needs help reeling in Chinook every now and again. He’s very much a “do no harm but take no shit” kind of person.

As a Shadebinder, he takes control of a battlefield fairly easily and even utilizes Stasis in his every day life; children love it when he creates an ice rink for them to skate on, but his enemies hate it when their entire world is consumed by negentropic ice.

His Ghost, Autumn, is a soft little thing who prefers the arts. She even tries to paint and draw with a brush she had Apache modify so it magnetizes to her shell. She knows she's not the best, but she tries and really enjoys the process of creating.

Autumn gets along with most everyone…except for Bullet Storm, Chinook’s Ghost.

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Chinook:

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The most boisterous, loudmouth, snarky and crybaby Berserker Titan to ever come into existence.

If you think you’re better than him, no you’re not. If you think you’ve won against him, no you haven’t. If you’re a Hunter, he already heavily dislikes you; he thinks Hunters are pretentious little pricks that deserve to get their asses handed to them whenever possible. Warlocks are on that list, too, but not nearly as high as Hunters.

Chinook is very short-fused, impatient, hardheaded, and not really open to mindset changes, as he thrives on anger which is true only to his subclass name. If he loses in any situation, he will bitch and moan about it for hours, possibly days, if he isn’t distracted.

He only has three friends—Derecho, Apache, and his Ghost—and even they have a hard time getting along with him sometimes. Well, except for his Ghost.

As a Strand user, he thoroughly enjoys unraveling the very existence of his enemies and that joy can extend to other Guardians. He uses his arm blades to slice and dice his way to victory, uncaring about who he has to mow down to achieve it. No matter who you are, he will gloat and showboat in front of you—and yes, that includes The Witness. He called it a “fake-ass vape bitch” to it’s face.

His Ghost, Bullet Storm, is no better. The two are one and the same and Bullet Storm encourages his Guardian to go all out, cheering for him even when Chinook is clearly losing, which happens more often than either of them will ever admit.

While Bullet Storm is less angry than Chinook, he’s still just as snarky and hardheaded. You’ll catch them doing fistbumps after every little thing.

Bullet Storm has a giant middle finger as his projection, so it’s very easy to spot him.

[allthecastlesonclouds]

FUCK I ACCIDENTALLY DELETED IT NO ALRIGHT I HAD TUMBLR OPEN IN A DIFFERENT TAB I COPY AND PASTED

hi! screaming! hello! i'm so so sorry if you were looking for actual ghost stories because it's. the title of a fanfic i'm writing currently (is linked here). and they're my darlings so i'm going to talk so much about it anyway but sorry if that's not what you were looking for :| i do love ghost stories so i did put one in the tags :D

all of them are 24/25ish in this au which. i am not quite. fig did not go to college. gorgug's going to a community college. kristen was intensely homeschooled. adaine got to applying to college and then killed her dad (which put a damper on things). riz and fabian went to the same college.

imma list power sets / costumes / vigilante names here too! the BKs have all been revealed and there's nothing too dramatic that's going to happen

Fig (Mockingbird): Shapeshifting, audio manipulation, accelerated healing, fire immunity (due to heritage). Red rhinestone masquerade mask; fiery feather overcoat/grey tights/combat boots.

Adaine (The Oracle): Divinatory visions, heightened strength/speed, flight, elemental manipulation. also, she has a sword. Blue cloth mask+veil; white leotard/tights + blue floating cloths/scarves(?).

Riz (Shadowshot): shadow teleportation (not manipulation!), accelerated healing, heightened strength/speed. Black cloth mask; black cape over a brown leotard+tights.

Kristen (Sunlit): light manipulation, heightened strength/speed, accelerated healing, flight, healing. Gold mask with sun+moon spokes; basically a recolored squirrel girl.

Fabian (Silver): heightened strength/speed. he's got spiderman's costume without a crystal design replacing the spider.

Gorgug (n/a): metal manipulation, metal animation, heightened strength/speed.

also if anyone wants to hear about the playlist i am so so happy to tell you about the playlist

[thefangirlthatwaited]

Encounter (Chapter 167) - A Destiny Universe Story

Crow x Guardian

I stood before the door, my heart pounding, a sense of foreboding washing over me, and a wave of familiarity engulfed me.

“Ruby, your heart rate is elevated,” Stell observed, her voice laced with concern.

“I can feel it,” I whispered, my hand splayed out on the door. The pulse of dark energy... It couldn’t be. I jumped back as the door opened, revealing the impossible.

“Is that...?” Artemis asked, unable to finish her question. Before us was none other than the Black Heart. The room looked the same as the day I was here with my original fireteam.

“Impossible... The Black Heart. Destroy this abomination!” Osiris ordered, his voice echoing with urgency. His words jolted me from my daze, and I felt a surge of adrenaline. I loaded my guns, and with a determined nod to Artemis and Shadow, we leaped into action.

“Ruby, you’ve done this once before. How do we kill it?” Shadow asked as we took cover from Goblins’ rifles.

“Those statues... They came to life, and when we killed them, it destroyed the heart.” I explained.

“But they’re just statues,” Artemis stated. She spoke too soon. The ground began to rumble, and the first of the three statues came to life. 

“You had to say something, didn’t you?” I loaded my Graviton Lance and jumped in with Void Light at my fingertips. I launched my Shadowshot, and Artemis and Shadow went in with their Arc, killing the first of the three statues. We repeated the process two more times before the room pulsed with energy, and the Black Heart began to react. Lightning erupted as the Black Heart collapsed on itself and died. I fell to my knees, feeling as exhausted as I did the first time I fought it.

“The Black Heart was a failed copy of the Veil. Imperfect, but potent nonetheless. This was a simulation of their prior effort. The Sol Divisive must have been using it to bond their collective with the Darkness. They broadcast that connection, harmonizing its frequency with the Veil, in order to take its place and shut us out. They could not have managed this feat without guidance from the Witness. And now, you have seen to it that they will not disrupt us again.” I threw my helmet to the side, pissed off that the Vex managed to simulate the Black Heart. 

“Thank you, Osiris. We’ll be back soon.” Artemis replied.

I stood up, dusting off my cape, a sudden surge of panic gripping my chest. My fingers fumbled with the clasp of my armour, desperate to free the necklace that held Crow’s heartbeat. The stone, usually a steady pulse, now throbbed with an erratic rhythm. I clutched it, my heart racing in sync with the stone as I tried to establish a connection with Crow.

“Something’s not right,” I gasped, my heart pounding in my chest. 

“What’s wrong?” Artemis asked. 

“Stell... Contact Mara!” I ordered.

“On it!”

“Ruby!” Artemis’s voice rang out, filled with panic, but it seemed to get lost in the air as I anxiously waited for Mara’s response. The seconds dragged on, each one feeling like an eternity, until finally, I heard the Queen’s voice.

“Ruby,” She sounds out of breath as well.

“Mara, what’s going on? Crow-”

“He’s made it,” Mara’s voice crackled through the radio, and Artemis rushed to steady me.

“He’s through the portal?”

“Yes.” 

“His heart,”

“I can feel it racing as well, but.”

“Nothing else.”

“Correct.”

“Thank you, Mara.”

“You’ll join him soon, Ruby.” She assured me before the call ended.

“Let’s get back to the Tower,��� I said. 

“Ruby...”

I shook my head. “Artemis, I’m fine now. Come on.” I held out Stell and transmated back to the Dreaming City.

Full Chapter on Ao3

[astraldrake]

posting a second of these as well splitting them up bcs they're fairly long subject: scene from around the time of d1 vanilla, from Darren's pov. not going to give context for this one because i think no context is needed. i trust this one a little more to speak for itself.

The flowers wave gently in the breeze, red and white petals drifting gently ||they will bloom forever|| .The Vex crawl through the garden like ants, digging their tunnels and building their mounds of harsh geometry, their patterns ||The Pattern|| timeless and unyielding . Over it all, the heart pulses, a rippling shadow that whispers of terrors yet to come. || It grasps at you, draining your strength. Your wounds cannot heal while it remains. It hurts. It hurts. Like the countless knives that stole your body and strength.|| The heart beats again, singing its song of ruin to the Minds that supplicate to it. ||The end comes and you despair. It Hurts. IT HUR-||

Darren bolts upright in his hammock, heart pounding in his ears, his breathing quick and heavy.  His mind races, he’s had this dream before. Whatever keeps trying to talk to him is getting more insistent, louder.

 He’s broken from his thoughts by the indignant meowing of Lucky, apparently unhappy that her nice warm human bed had decided to suddenly move beneath her.

“Sorry about that girl, didn’t mean to scare you.” He mutters, as she hops onto the floor of the ship, and wanders off to find another place to rest. Too awake now to return to sleep himself, Darren tugs off his blankets and clambers out of the hammock.

 The ship interior is dark, lit mostly by a mix of permanently active emergency lights and the ambient glow of sunlight bouncing off the planet below. He makes his way over to the window, staring out at the swirling surface of Venus, clouds shifting over its surface. The crew is here on a salvage run, hoping to snag either enough raw materials for needed repairs, or some fancy golden age tech they can pawn off to the same effect. 

He’s not excited to run recon for this. Most of the place is House turf, and what isn’t is either infested with vex, picked clean, or crawling with guardians. It’ll be a risky job unless they get lucky, and they can’t afford any more bad luck. Not after their last job, an otherwise simple glimmer excavation that went sideways when they ran afoul of a particularly aggressive nightstalker. The bastard had narrowly missed Braltris and Ebreviks with their shadowshot. Ahkris had taken their head off and chucked both it and their body down the nearest ravine, while he’d kept and eye out for their ghost, who’d been smart enough to keep hidden and out of the crew’s way.

Darren sighs to himself. He can save the dread at their circumstances for later. The Albatross and her crew have seen harder times, they’ll get though this all the same.

 He turns away from the window and crosses to the other end of the ship, flicking on a lamp attached to the side of a table. The light illuminates a shattered crow drone, one of several he’d snagged through various means, it’s tracking device thoroughly disabled. 

Beside it lie several pieces of paper, one is rough map of meridian bay, another a series of scribbled notes, a third is a rough sketch of the heart he keeps seeing in his dreams. He knows that it all fits together somehow, that the heart the dreams want him to kill is in the Black Garden, and that the reef awoken know where the gate is. He wonders if his ghost has had any luck picking the drone’s brains.

“Corvi.” he says into the dark. A formality. She already knows he’s awake, and he knows she doesn’t sleep.

“Need something?” She materializes at his shoulder.

“Any luck with the files?”

“Not much so far, this stuff’s encrypted to hell and back, more heavily than any of the others I’ve dug around in.” Corvi twists her shell, fidgeting. “We’re on the right trail, I think, but I’m not sure how far we want to chase this rabbit.”

“The dreams haven’t steered us wrong before.” He argues, rubbing at his eyes. “Besides, it’ll only get worse the longer we take.”

“I know, but whatever this thing is, there’s a lot of important people with eyes on it. I’m worried we’re stepping too close to the spotlight.”

“Ahkris doesn't have to come with me.” It’s a weak argument and he knows it. 

“I know, but she's not going to let you do this alone.”

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Both of my revs have custom/non-canon stances!

My gladium Umbra Shadowshot has literally her entire warband. After their legionnaire sold them out to the Flame Legion, only she and their legionnaire survived, and she practically dragged him back to the Black Citadel by the scruff. Wounded but angry, she challenged him over the loss of the warband and won, leaving her the sole survivor.

After recovering from her injuries, Umbra realized she could hear her warband, and it felt as though they were somehow supporting her. This is also how she learned that she could see the spirits of the wandering dead meandering Tyria.

Her warband serves as her stance (canonically she's a Renegade).

Deshauna's older brother Abioye was a Seraph who died in Maguuma when the Pact airships went down. While he'd survived the initial crash, he lost his life trying to save as many of the wounded as he could. Deshauna spent weeks mired in grief, as the two had been less than a year apart and incredibly close. She didn't start to emerge from her malaise until she realized something kept pulling her to surface... and from her skills as a trained guardian, she realized that Abioye was somehow holding her back up. This is how she became a revenant, and since then Abioye has served as her stance.

People with revenant characters!!! I am curious if any of your characters have custom legends in their story/lore. If you dont have custom legends i want to hear about your characters relationship to and ways of using the ones that are canon.

My own examples:

Tryphon my pirate captain charr often calls on legendary pirates from the past. Originally i had a name of one from in game but i can no longer remember who they were or what i searched to find them lol.

Also because Im mean and i like putting my mental health onto him he has one spirit that talks to him that is a leak and link from his ptsd.

The only canon one he has is Ventari due to his close ties with sylvari. This is to boost his healing abilities for his crew

Melanthios, my formerly ash legion charr, in the same warband as crucita(quints dame) who awoke blind and unsure of where he was DOES call on kalla for arrows. He knows the general location of people from sound and smell and vibrations but arrows made of the mists and from the mists take their aim through kalla.

His other legends are from charr history as well. Bathea havocbringer helping him guide his weapons, Heirophant Burntsoul much to his disgust being used for his healing magic(as he was part monk classed), and the first Ash Legion Imperator, cub of the Khan Ur to help him with stealth, honed in from the time humans took ascalon.

I also like to imagine that these characters have retained some of their old magic and both are ironically gaurdians originally but with two different ways of using that magic. Tryphon healed others while Melanthios bound others.